Dutch Australian

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A Dutch-Australian is an inhabitant of Australia with full or partial Dutch ancestry, the majority of these people are part of the Dutch diaspora.

[edit] History

The history of the Dutch and Australia began in 1605 with Captain Willem Janszoon, a Dutch seafarer, landing on the Australian mainland, one of the first Europeans to do so.^[3][4]

A number of Dutch people from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) found their way to Australia during World War II and fought with Allied forces. The Netherlands East Indies government operated from Australia during the war. Eleven Free Dutch Submarines operated out of Fremantle after the invasion of Java, the joint No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron RAAF, established in 1942 and No. 120 formed at Canberra, was a combined Dutch and Australian Squadron with dual command, it used B-25 Mitchell bombers, paid for by the Dutch Government before the war. No. 18 later moved to northern Australia, No. 120 to Western Australia and later transferring overseas. .

Dutch settlers in Australia arrived as part of Australia's post World War II assisted migration program, and from Indonesia after it achieved independence.

[edit] Statistics

According to the 2006 Australian Census, 310,089 persons resident in Australia claimed Dutch ancestry, either alone or in combination with another ancestry..^[2] 78,927 persons declared they were born in the Netherlands.^[1]

[edit] Dutch Australians

• Beeb Birtles
• Andrew Bolt
• Stephanie Brantz
• Paul Cox
• Guillaume Daniel Delprat
• Eric Roozendaal
• Joanna Gash
• Sara Groen
• Rolf de Heer
• Annita Keating van Iersel
• Anthony LaPaglia (Dutch-Italian)
• Jonathan LaPaglia (Dutch-Italian)
• Trevor Marmalade
• Tammy van Wisse
• Adam van Dommele
• Jack van Tongeren
• Harry Vanda
• Richie Vandenberg

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Allies in adversity: The Dutch in Australia at the Australian War Memorial
• Netherlands - Australia 1606 - 2006
• From the Netherlands to Australia: A new database contains the names of over 50.000 Dutch emigrants from The Nationaal Archief of The Netherlands

[edit] Further reading

• Bureau of Immigration Research.(1991) Community profiles, Netherlands born Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0644140267
• Duyker, Edward (1987) The Dutch in Australia Melbourne: AE Press, Australian ethnic heritage series ISBN 0867872152
• Duyker, Edward, and York, Barry (1994) Exclusions and admissions : the Dutch in Australia, 1902-1946 Canberra : Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0731519132 (Studies in Australian ethnic history ; no. 7)
• Eysbertse, Dirk, and Marijke (1997) Where waters meet : Bonegilla : the Dutch migrant experience North Brighton, Vic. : Erasmus Foundation. ISBN 0646310054
• Mencke, Annelies and Tjerk van der Schaaf. (1979) The distribution of Dutch immigrants in Australia 1947-1976 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Groningen.
• Peters, Nonja, Nien Schwarz, and Kate Noakes (2003) Transpositions : contextualising recent Dutch Australian art Perth, W.A.: Art On The Move. ISBN 0958185913
• Peters, Nonja (2006) The Dutch Down Under, 1606-2006 Crawley, W.A.: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1920694757
• Schindlmayr, Thomas.(2000) Community profiles. 1996 census. Netherlands born Belconnen, A.C.T. Dept. of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Statistics Section. ISBN 0642399093
• Zierke,Elly Smid,Mieke and Pam Snelleman (editors) (1997) Old ties, new beginnings : Dutch women in AustraliaCarrum Downs, Vic. Dutch Care Ltd. ISBN 0646308548

[edit] See also

• Immigration history of Australia